Inkstand.



H. R. CHRISTIANS.

INKSTAND. APPLICATION FILED 1:33.19. 190e.

. Patented Nov. 23, moa

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INKSTAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

Application led February 19, 1908. Serial No. 416,713.

To all whom 'it 'may concern.

Be it known that I, HANS R. CHRISTIANS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Inkstands, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to ink stands and its object is to provide adevice for holding ink and having a cover which normally closes the inkwell but by means of the pen holder and the act of inserting same in thewell, the cover is automatically removed and the pen allowed to descendinto the ink. Upon the retraction of the pen holder the moving partsreturn to their normal position as will be more fully described in thefollowing speciiication, set forth in the claims and illustrated in thedrawings, where:

Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view of the improved ink stand.Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a planview. Fig. 4 is a detailed elevation of the cover controller.

The ink well 5 is let into a base 6 which is also provided with areservoir 7. A pipe 3 connects the well with the reservoir and a cock 9allows the supply of ink to enter the well 5 and after a suiiicientamount has entered, the cock is closed. The well has at each sidechambers 10 to contain springs 11 which support the side extensions 12of a platform 13 of a size corresponding to the well 5 and adapted tomove vertically against the tension of the springs 11. Then the penholder is placed point down in the funnel shaped tube 14 and pressureapplied, the platform 13 descends, and the extensions 12 compress thesprings 11.

At each side of the platform and beneath same are blocks 15 with flangesto run in the guide ways 17 and in the inner sides of each of theseblocks are slots 18 vertical for half their length and then inclined,and in these slots play studs 19 at the ends of levers 20 which are attheir other ends connected by a cross bar 21. The levers are fulcrumedat 22 to the slides 23 which run in the guides 24 and as the blocks 15descend they first depress the ends with the studs and lift the crossbar 2l. The upward movement of the cross bar draws upon the link 25which removes the lid 26 from the mouth of the ink well and it is thenfree to be removed therefrom. Vith the further descent of the blocks l5the inclined portion of the slots forces the studs toward the rear ofthe ink stand and the cross bar 2l carries the lid 26 from the mouth ofthe well leaving it open.

During the time that the blocks 15 are descending the platform 13 isalso moving down with the pen holder 27 and as it reaches the upturnededges 29 the pins 30 enter holes 31 of the platform 13 and force upwardthe arms 32 of bell crank levers 33. These bell crank levers are pivotedon the upper side of the plate 13 and as the arms 32 are forced upwardthe opposite arms 34 by means of the links 35, turn the levers at thelower ends of the splined rods 37 whose lower ends are swiveled in theplatform 13 and whose upper ends project through the plate 4() but areonly free to pass when the rods are turned so that the spline comes inline with a corresponding slot 36 in the plate when the downwardpressure on the funnel and plate causes the latter to descend which itfreely does against the tension of the spring 41 and guided by the rods37. The lower tube 3S of the funnel slides in the sleeve 39 which isfast in the platform 13 and the spring 41 surrounds the tube andnormally elevates the funnel to the position shown in Fig. 1.

After the platform 13 descends to its low est point and the rods 37 areturned so that the splines are alined with the radial slots 3G, theframe carrying the funnel is then free to move downward with the pen andits movement is arrested when the plate 40 comes in contact with thesleeve 39. The bell crank levers 33 are normally controlled by springs42 which press upon the arm 32, and the reservoir 7 has an inlet 43 forthe introduction of a supply of ink. The ink well is again covered whenthe platform 13 returns to its normal position and the levers 2O arecarried inward by the slots 18 so that the lid again fills the mouth ofthe well. The ink in this well is therefore always protected fromexposure and evaporation as the well is always covered and only openedwhen the pen is dipped therein.

It is obvious that the various parts of the device may be altered ormodified without departing from the essential features described andshown.

Vhat l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an inkstand, the combination with 28 of the plate I:

an ink well, of a vertically moving frame, springs beneath same, a coverfor the mouth of the well, levers carrying the cover and adapted to berocked and slid, and means connected with the frame for rocking andsliding the levers to remove the cover from the mouth of the well.

2. In an inkstand, the combination with an ink well, of a cover, a crossbar with levers at its ends,4- sliding fulcrums for the levers, avertically moving frame, springs beneath same, means on the frame fortipping the levers and sliding their ulcrums, guide rods, a verticallymoving receptacle for the pen normally locked by the guide rods andmeans below the vertically moving frame for turning the guide rods torelease the receptacle.

3. In an inlrstand, the combination with an inkwell7 of a cover, pivotedlevers carrying the cover and connected by a cross bar, a verticallymoving Jframe with cammed slots to'receive the ends ot' the levers, a receptacle for the pen carried by the moving frame and having anindependent movement, splined guide rods :tor the receptacle,

bell crank levers adapted to turn the rods and pins on the well toimpinge the bell crank levers and cause them to turn the guide rods sothat the splines will not intertere with the movement of the receptacle.

4l. In an inkstand, the combination with an inkwell, of a cover, leverson sliding pivots and connected by a cross bar, a link between the crossbar and the cover, a vertically moving frame with cam slots carrying theends of the levers to tip and slide them, springs beneaththe frame, apen receptacle normally held abovethe moving frame, splined rods playingin openings in and guiding the receptacle and normally holding the samein its elevated position, vertical pins on the inlwell, bell cranklevers on the moving frame adapted to be operated by the pins and alever on each splined rod and operated by one of the bell crank levers.V

In testimony whereof, I allix my signature 1n presence or two witnesses.

y HANS R. CHRISTIANS. lVitnesses JAMES F. DUHAMEL,

MAE IV. CLINTON.

